四十四 (Voice Post, Japanese)

[onikui_tengu]

Basically, waiting for this illness to "fade" has only proved impossible. Either the affected wind up dying, or the ones who don't have the strength to fight them.

I have no interest in pointing fingers... What I'd like to know instead is why there doesn't seem to be a better solution. Is there no way to develop a medicine to cure or a seal to bind these people?

Their powers and strength are the real problem. Because they can only use it to harm. It is beyond their control to do otherwise. I haven't been proven wrong yet.

Hmph. If anyone sees death as the quickest method of turning this around... You've let this world change you too much. ...You've let them change you too much.

Comments

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I thought so... But if that power can be suppressed, then it could still give us extra time to find that cure.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

I thought maybe it'd calm down, or... but, even without a real target he was runnin' around tryin' to find something to attack.

I can contain one as long as you'd like, but I don't know about cures.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I heard about what happened from Kantarou. ...So that was your kekkai.

You're not the only one with that ability, Arisugawa-kun. Preserve your strength for now until we find a time where we'll need it the most.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [...] You could see it...?

I'm already fine. Just needed a good night's sleep an' some band-aids. I just had to take it down because I didn't want to risk it droppin' on it's own. Next time, if I'm attacked, I'll fight back.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I know what a kekkai is. Of course I could see it.

Hmph. Fine. ...What would be the consequences of the kekkai dropping on its own?

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

...It doesn't work like that back home, but...

I am fine. [...] Property damage, at best. An earthquake at worst.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...

Second-guessing that would be pointless. Get on with it. ...The kekkai would destroy the surrounding area?

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

If it was torn down instead of pulled down, yeah. Maybe not, but... I'd rather not test it out, y'know?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Sounds dangerous.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

It's more help 'n harm.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Possibly.

...Thanks, Arisugawa-kun. You've given me some useful information.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

I'm a helpful guy. Anything y'ever need, let me know. And call me by my first name already.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

All right. ...No.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Come on, we're friends. "Sorata-kun" is fine if "Sora" is too informal.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

If you have to tell me how I should address you, then what makes you so sure that I think of you as a friend? We're co-workers. Acquaintances.

No thanks.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Friends.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...

I'll think about it.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

You have to think about whether or not we're friends? Isn't it obvious already?

He dodges the assumption craftily.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

... How I address you, stupid.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

But they're linked. Besides, since I call you Haru, there's no need to be formal back.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I wish you wouldn't. My name is fine the way it is without shortening it.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

But it's cuter, shorter.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I don't want to be "cute."

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

It also sounds more friendly.